Stuck without a drummer while trying to lay down a bass beat, one of the greatest self-taught funk bassists of all time ...

My favorite funk and R&B tracks have active bass parts that are creative but also disciplined. The discipline of what makes funk funk is the exact opposite of what makes jazz jazz. As jazz bass ...

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Funk music already has some of the best bassists in the industry. But to be one of the best bass soloists in all of funk, you need enough groove, technical ability, creativity, and attitude to ...

We often give glory to the soaring guitar solos or the powerhouse vocals, but the true heartbeat of any great track lives in the low end. The bass line bridges rhythm and melody, grounding the song ...

Freelance writer and product review specialist Steve Cook is a musician with decades of experience in the music world as a worldwide touring and session musician, songwriter, and producer. His love ...

Bass solos don't get the attention that lead guitar solos so often get. Big-name guitarists such as Slash, Jimmy Page and Zakk Wylde are the ones out there, serving up crowd-pleasing guitar solos on a ...

Solo Funk, formed by Shane Hill and Paul Downing, create original compositions with smoking grooves and blistering solos. A new fusion of contemporary jazz and funk intertwined with the original ...